July 29, 2015

This week we are going to be putting our thinking caps on.

Richard and Joe’s guest is Ralph J.Greenspan, Ph.D. Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind and Director of The Center for Brain Activity Mapping (CBAM) at UCSD. On top of that, he is also the co-Director of the cal-BRAIN program. That is a lot of directing. The reason for that is simple, Dr. Greenspan was one of the team of scientists who wrote a white paper for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy that lead to President Obama’s Obama’s BRAIN initiative announced in 2014. To quote Dr. Greenspan, “Our ultimate goal is no less than a full understanding of the global network activity of the brain.”

Dr. Greenspan has authored several books on fly genetics and techniques, the nervous system and how genetics influence behavior. He began his career working on the genetics of fruit fly behavior at Brandeis University, where he received his B.A. and Ph.D, under the guidance of one of the founder of fruit fly genetics, Jeffery Hall. Since then, he was Assistant Professor of Biology, Princeton University, Associate Member, Department of Neurosciences, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Associate Member, Department of Neurosciences, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Senior Fellow in Experimental Neurobiology, The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, and Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellow in Experimental Neurobiology, The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego.

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July 22, 2015

Richard and Joe welcomed back sponsor Jason Kruger, President of Signature Analytics. Signature Analytics is an outsourced accounting firm that provides accounting support for small and medium sized companies not in a position to support the cost of an entire accounting department. The senior management team at Signature Analytics consists of individuals who each have ... Read more

July 17, 2015

Richard and Joe’s guest was Dr. Budd Rubin DDS, MS. Dr. Rubin has led an exciting and eclectic life. In his early career he became one of the first orthodontists to use the transparent plastic brace (you may know it as Invisaline) to bring orthodontics to adults. As a result he became an orthodontist to ... Read more

July 11, 2015

Richard and Joe interviewed Mr. Alan Nevin, Director of Economic and Market Research at Xpera Group and returning sponsor Joel Grushkin of Cost Segregation Initiatives. Mr. Nevin has an extensive background in real estate economics, lending and market analysis. He serves the development, investment, legal and public agency communities with residential and commercial real estate ... Read more

July 3, 2015

Richard and Joe welcomed two guests, Austin Beutner, the CEO and publisher of both the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, and Bill Powers, master diver, scuba instructor and proprietor of Powers Scuba.
Austin Beutner
Mr. Beutner received his bachelor’s in economics from Dartmouth College, and is known for being the first Deputy Mayor ... Read more

June 26, 2015

Richard and Joe welcomed back sponsor and friend, Carl Sheeler of Berkeley Research Group, LLC. Dr. Sheeler is retained by companies as a “Strategic Value Architect” to distill complex issues into a strategic plan that mitigates risk, closes operational gaps and improves human and financial performance. In fact, Dr. Sheeler’s professional expertise is beneficial not ... Read more

June 18, 2015

This weeks guest will be Paul Hynes, President and CEO of HearthStone Private Wealth Management. A Certified Financial Planner, Paul founded Hearthstone in 2006 leaving a successful 22-year career at a large Wall Street investment firm. HearthStone is a fee-only financial planning firm never satisfied with “good enough” and constantly searching for “better” only ... Read more

June 13, 2015

Saturday, Joe Vecchio broadcasted the show from the Berry Good Night event in La Jolla. Hosted by Bill & Michelle Lerach and now in its sixth year, the event celebrates local growers, ranchers, and producers, along with championing the ideology of sustainable food. It unites kindred spirits—artisans, food activists, farmers, ranchers, winemakers, brewers, writers, chefs, restaurateurs and dedicated locavores—for ... Read more

June 5, 2015

This week Richard was joined by show sponsors Don Eppich and Paul Polito, founders of the Polito Eppich accounting firm which specializes in accounting services for businesses generating revenues from $500k to $150 million a year. Generally, these businesses are dynamic, growing, and have complex tax structures but limited financial management resources. Combined with their ... Read more

May 29, 2015

Richard and Joe’s welcomed guest, Mitch Siegler, Co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Pathfinder Partners. Specializing in real estate, Pathfinder Partners is a leading middle-market real estate fund manager specializing in transactions that are “below the radar” of large institutional investors. They are focused on value-added situations where infusion of capital or improved asset ... Read more

May 26, 2015

Creation, preservation and legacy of great wealth in a second “Gilded Age”
This week, UBS and PwC launched the 2015 Billionaires Report, entitled “Billionaires: Master architects of great wealth and lasting legacies”.
During the past 35 years, billionaires have created extraordinary wealth on a scale not seen since the “Gilded Age” at the beginning of the 20th ... Read more